Falling Copper Prices: The Doctor is Out

The bust in the economy ain’t so bad either. Credit default swap spreads are widening. Bond yields are rising…especially in Europe.

The service sector in the US is performing below expectations.

Oh…and listen to this:

“More weigh walking away from mortgages,” says The New York Times. As anticipated, people are warming up to the idea of stiffing their mortgage lenders. Why not? Millions of houses are underwater; let the mortgage company deal with them.

Delinquent mortgage payments have risen to over 10%.

The Baltic Dry Index is dropping, too.

And Dr. Copper is ‘set for catastrophe,’ says a copper expert.

Copper, you’ll recall, is the metal with a Ph.D. in economics. It’s the metal that you find in home wiring, refrigerators, offices, automobiles, cell phones – just about everything. So, when the price of copper goes down it means something. Usually, it means business is slowing down.

Copper has fallen more than 10% in 2010. It will probably go down a lot further. Chinese companies stockpiled the metal last year, causing its price to double. Now, they’ve got more than enough.

And if the world economy is still slowing down, which is what the Baltic Dry Index is probably telling us, you can expect the price of copper to collapse.

About Bill Bonner:

Since founding Agora Inc. in 1979, Bill Bonner has found success in numerous industries. His unique writing style, philanthropic undertakings and preservationist activities have been recognized by some of America’s most respected authorities. With his friend and colleague Addison Wiggin, he co-founded The Daily Reckoning in 1999, and together they co-wrote the New York Times best-selling books Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt. His other works include Mobs, Messiahs and Markets (with Lila Rajiva), Dice Have No Memory, and most recently, Hormegeddon: How Too Much of a Good Thing Leads to Disaster. His most recent project is The Bill Bonner Letter.